PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PEDH 1001 -
Team Sports I...................................1.00 Credits Basic skills are provided in the sports of basketball and
volleyball. Cardiovascular conditioning is stressed.

PEDH 1002 -
Fitness...............................................1.00 Credits Involves activities and exercises to promote wellness
and fitness for life. Activities will include aerobic and
anaerobic exercises including weightlifting, walking, step aerobics and other
appropriate activities.

PEDH 1003 - Recreational Skills
I.........................1.00 Credits This course is
designed as an introductory course involving basic skills in the activities of
bowling and square dance.

PEDH 1004 - Recreational Skills II
......................1.00 Credits This course is
designed as an introductory course involving basic skills in the activities of
golf and tennis.

PEDH 1005 - Lifetime Skills I
...............................1.00 Credits This
course is designed as an introductory
course in outdoor recreational skills inclusive of archery, team
skill building concepts and other recreational activities.

PEDH 1006 - Lifetime Skills
II..............................1.00 Credits This
course is designed as an introductory course involving basic skills in
badminton and stunts and tumbling’s.

PEDH 1007 -
Aquatics............................................1.00 Credits This course is designed for the non-swimmer and novice. The course
will address basic swimming techniques, safety and aqua aerobics. Emphasis is
placed on improving overall cardiovascular efficiency and acquiring
survival skills.

PEDH 1008 - Progressive Resistance
Exercise.....1.00 Credits

A planned fitness training program to
increase muscular strength and tone through a planned progressive series of
exercises performed on the weight machine and other apparatus.

PEDH 1010 - Intro to Yoga
....................................1.00 Credits Designed to introduce students to basic yoga postures and to
develop an understanding of the benefits of this ancient practice.

PEDH 1150 - Life Guarding
..................................1.00 Credits Stresses water safety and is designed to provide the
student with the knowledge and skills to save his own life or another in
the event of an emergency. Course completion may lead
to Red Cross Certification in lifeguarding.

Prerequisite: PEDH 1007 or PEDH 1020
or Swimming Proficiency Test.

PEDH 1160 - Water Safety Instructor
..................2.00 Credits Instructional concepts
in swimming are provided leading to American Red Cross Certification.
Instructor's approval based on American Red Cross
prerequisite.

A study of the components of a personal yoga
practice with enhances competence of basic postures and emphasizes breathing
and meditation techniques that contribute to the benefit of yoga
practice.

Prerequisite(s): PEDH 1010

PEDH 2213 -
Intro & Principle of Phys Ed .........3.00 Credits

Designed to acquaint the student with the
history and underlying principles and foundations of contemporary physical
education and the contributions of physical education organic,
neuromuscular, interpretive and emotional development.

A study of activities based on the needs,
interests and all age groups, emphasizing trust building activities, games,
stunts, relays, and rhythmic activities for playground, schools, and
recreational areas and methods used in their presentation.

PEDH 2221 - Intermediate Tennis
........................1.00 Credits Designed for the
student who has acquired the basic skills and strategy of tennis
and designed to improve his/her tennis game.

PEDH 2272 - Fund/Coaching
&

Off
Football/Soccer..................................................2.00 Credits
Fundamentals of teaching individual and team play,
knowledge of offensive plays, most frequently
used defenses and coaching strategies. Includes
officiating.

Athlete
Injury...........................................................2.00 Credits
Injury prevention is stressed as well as the use of
proper equipment to protect vital parts and the use of wraps, tapes
and bandages for weak joints and other injured body
parts.

Prerequisites: HEDP 2267 and HEDP
2450

PEDH 3384 - Adapted Physical
Ed

& Div in Classroom
.................................................3.00 Credits Consideration is given to the various forms of physical activities
whereby full services can be rendered to individuals who, because of physical
and mental disabilities, are unable to participate in
regular activities. Laboratory experiences are included.

PEDH 4460 -
Kinesiology.......................................3.00 Credits Concerned with an analysis of human motion and the mechanical
principles related to movement. Concentrated attention is
given to the muscles which move individual joints. Laboratory demonstrations
are conducted.

Prerequisite: BIOL 1111, BIOL 2411 and
BIOL 2412

PEDH 4470 - Physiology of Exercise
....................3.00 Credits Study of the effects
of physical activities on the human organism and applied
physiology. Laboratory demonstrations are conducted.

Prerequisites: BIOL 1111, BIOL 2411,
BIOL 2412,and PEDH 4460

PEDH 4480 - Major Seminar &
Practice .............1.00 Credits Organization
and management of class instruction
and group supervision. The student gains experience
through service classes and the laboratory school under the
supervision of the teaching staff of the
physical education equipment.

PEDH 4482 - Tests &
Measurements

in Phys
Ed.................................................................3.00 Credits
Study of the basic
principles of selecting, administering and
analyzing tests in physical education. Emphasis is also
placed on constructing knowledge and skill tests and quantitative methods
of marking in physical education.